I’ve driven RWD sports cars in the snow with ease. Tires are aboslutely everything. People tend to ignore their tires for WAY too long before getting them replaced, and/or get shitty all seasons that suck in every condition possible.
The trend of “I need AWD SUV because snow” terrifies me because people are buying bigger, heavier, and worse handling cars when they really just need better tires. A FWD sedan with good tires will do WAY better than an AWD SUV with crappy tires. The only upside is people will tend to put better tires on their SUV because it’s more expensive than their shitty sports car/sedan.
I drove an RWD sports car in Canadian winters, and despite researching tires and getting the best I could find, stop and go traffic on snowy hills was stressful.
That said, people who think an SUV is gonna make driving in snow safer are just not thinking at all.
I’ve driven RWD sports cars in the snow with ease. Tires are aboslutely everything. People tend to ignore their tires for WAY too long before getting them replaced, and/or get shitty all seasons that suck in every condition possible.
The trend of “I need AWD SUV because snow” terrifies me because people are buying bigger, heavier, and worse handling cars when they really just need better tires. A FWD sedan with good tires will do WAY better than an AWD SUV with crappy tires. The only upside is people will tend to put better tires on their SUV because it’s more expensive than their shitty sports car/sedan.
I drove an RWD sports car in Canadian winters, and despite researching tires and getting the best I could find, stop and go traffic on snowy hills was stressful.
That said, people who think an SUV is gonna make driving in snow safer are just not thinking at all.
I got an AWD sedan to replace my RWD coupe.